List of Gilligan's Island episodes
Gilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz and originally produced by United Artists Television. The series aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to September 4, 1967.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 36 | September 26, 1964 | June 12, 1965 | |
| 2 | 32 | September 16, 1965 | April 28, 1966 | |
| 3 | 30 | September 12, 1966 | April 17, 1967 | |
| Television films | 4 | October 14, 1978 | October 14, 2001 | |
Episodes
Pilot (1992)
The pilot episode, titled "Marooned", was filmed in November 1963. On November 22, the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination, the crew continued to work after hearing the shocking news.[1] The departure of the Minnow was filmed on November 26, and all the flags in that sequence can be seen flying at half-staff. The episode eventually aired on TBS twenty-nine years later on October 16, 1992.
| Title | Original air date |
|---|---|
| "Marooned" | October 16, 1992 (on TBS) |
Season 1 (1964-65)
Main article: Gilligan's Island (season 1)
The first season aired Saturdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by[2] | Written by[2] | Original air date[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Two on a Raft" | John Rich | Lawrence J. Cohen & Fred Freeman | September 26, 1964 |
| 2 | 2 | "Home Sweet Hut" | Richard Donner | Bill Davenport & Charles Tannen | October 3, 1964 |
| 3 | 3 | "Voodoo Something to Me" | John Rich | Austin Kalish & Elroy Schwartz | October 10, 1964 |
| 4 | 4 | "Goodnight, Sweet Skipper" | Ida Lupino | Dick Conway & Roland MacLane | October 17, 1964 |
| 5 | 5 | "Wrongway Feldman" | Ida Lupino | Fred Freeman & Lawrence J. Cohen | October 24, 1964 |
| 6 | 6 | "President Gilligan" | Richard Donner | Roland Wolpert | October 31, 1964 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Sound of Quacking" | Thomas Montgomery | Lawrence J. Cohen & Fred Freeman | November 7, 1964 |
| 8 | 8 | "Goodbye Island" | John Rich | Albert E. Lewin & Burt Styler | November 21, 1964 |
| 9 | 9 | "The Big Gold Strike" | Stanley Z. Cherry | Roland Wolpert | November 28, 1964 |
| 10 | 10 | "Waiting for Watubi" | Jack Arnold | Fred Freeman & Lawrence J. Cohen | December 5, 1964 |
| 11 | 11 | "Angel on the Island" | Jack Arnold | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | December 12, 1964 |
| 12 | 12 | "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk" | Rod Amateau | Sherwood Schwartz and Austin Kalish and Elroy Schwartz | December 19, 1964 |
| 13 | 13 | "Three Million Dollars More or Less" | Thomas Montgomery | Teleplay by: Bill Davenport & Charles Tannen Story by: Sam Locke & Joel Rapp | December 26, 1964 |
| 14 | 14 | "Water, Water Everywhere" | Stanley Z. Cherry | Tom Waldman & Frank Waldman | January 2, 1965 |
| 15 | 15 | "So Sorry, My Island Now" | Alan Crosland, Jr. | David P. Harmon | January 9, 1965 |
| 16 | 16 | "Plant You Now, Dig You Later" | Lawrence Dobkin | Elroy Schwartz & Oliver Crawford | January 16, 1965 |
| 17 | 17 | "Little Island, Big Gun" | Abner Biberman | Dick Conway & Roland MacLane | January 23, 1965 |
| 18 | 18 | "'X' Marks the Spot" | Jack Arnold | Sherwood Schwartz & Elroy Schwartz | January 30, 1965 |
| 19 | 19 | "Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy" | Lawrence Dobkin | Al Schwartz and Howard Merrill & Howard Harris | February 6, 1965 |
| 20 | 20 | "St. Gilligan and the Dragon" | Richard Donner | Arnold & Lois Peyser | February 13, 1965 |
| 21 | 21 | "Big Man on Little Stick" | Tony Leader | Charles Tannen & Lou Huston | February 20, 1965 |
| 22 | 22 | "Diamonds Are an Ape's Best Friend" | Jack Arnold | Elroy Schwartz | February 27, 1965 |
| 23 | 23 | "How to Be a Hero" | Tony Leader | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | March 6, 1965 |
| 24 | 24 | "The Return of Wrongway Feldman" | Ida Lupino and Gene Nelson | Lawrence J. Cohen & Fred Freeman | March 13, 1965 |
| 25 | 25 | "The Matchmaker" | Tony Leader | Joanna Lee | March 20, 1965 |
| 26 | 26 | "Music Hath Charm" | Jack Arnold | Al Schwartz & Howard Harris | March 27, 1965 |
| 27 | 27 | "New Neighbor Sam" | Thomas Montgomery | Charles Tannen & George O'Hanlon | April 3, 1965 |
| 28 | 28 | "They're Off and Running" | Jack Arnold | Walter Black | April 10, 1965 |
| 29 | 29 | "Three to Get Ready" | Jack Arnold | David P. Harmon | April 17, 1965 |
| 30 | 30 | "Forget Me Not" | Jack Arnold | Herbert Margolis | April 24, 1965 |
| 31 | 31 | "Diogenes, Won't You Please Go Home?" | Christian Nyby | David P. Harmon | May 1, 1965 |
| 32 | 32 | "Physical Fatness" | Gary Nelson | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | May 8, 1965 |
| 33 | 33 | "It's Magic" | Jack Arnold | Al Schwartz & Bruce Howard | May 15, 1965 |
| 34 | 34 | "Goodbye, Old Paint" | Jack Arnold | David P. Harmon | May 22, 1965 |
| 35 | 35 | "My Fair Gilligan" | Tony Leader | Joanna Lee | June 5, 1965 |
| 36 | 36 | "A Nose by Any Other Name" | Hal Cooper | Elroy Schwartz | June 12, 1965 |
Season 2 (1965-66)
Main article: Gilligan's Island (season 2)
The second season aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST).
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by[4] | Written by[4] | Original air date[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | "Gilligan's Mother-in-Law" | Jack Arnold | Budd Grossman | September 16, 1965 |
| 38 | 2 | "Beauty Is as Beauty Does" | Jack Arnold | Joanna Lee | September 23, 1965 |
| 39 | 3 | "The Little Dictator" | Jack Arnold | Bob Rodgers & Sid Mandel | September 30, 1965 |
| 40 | 4 | "Smile, You're on Mars Camera" | Jack Arnold | Al Schwartz & Bruce Howard | October 7, 1965 |
| 41 | 5 | "The Sweepstakes" | Jack Arnold | Walter Black | October 14, 1965 |
| 42 | 6 | "Quick Before It Sinks" | George Cahan | Stan Burns & Mike Marmer | October 28, 1965 |
| 43 | 7 | "Castaways Pictures Presents" | Jack Arnold | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | November 4, 1965 |
| 44 | 8 | "Agonized Labor" | Jack Arnold | Roland MacLane | November 11, 1965 |
| 45 | 9 | "Nyet, Nyet -- Not Yet" | Jack Arnold | Adele T. Strassfield & Robert Riordan | November 18, 1965 |
| 46 | 10 | "Hi-Fi Gilligan" | Jack Arnold | Mary C. McCall, Jr. | November 25, 1965 |
| 47 | 11 | "The Chain of Command" | Leslie Goodwins | Arnold & Lois Peyser | December 2, 1965 |
| 48 | 12 | "Don't Bug the Mosquitoes" | Steve Binder | Brad Radnitz | December 9, 1965 |
| 49 | 13 | "Gilligan Gets Bugged" | Gary Nelson | Jack Gross, Jr. & Michael R. Stein | December 16, 1965 |
| 50 | 14 | "Mine Hero" | Wilbur D'Arcy | David Braverman & Bob Marcus | December 23, 1965 |
| 51 | 15 | "Erika Tiffany Smith to the Rescue" | Jack Arnold | David P. Harmon | December 30, 1965 |
| 52 | 16 | "Not Guilty" | Stanley Z. Cherry | Roland MacLane | January 6, 1966 |
| 53 | 17 | "You've Been Disconnected" | Jack Arnold | Elroy Schwartz | January 13, 1966 |
| 54 | 18 | "The Postman Cometh" | Leslie Goodwins | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | January 20, 1966 |
| 55 | 19 | "Seer Gilligan" | Leslie Goodwins | Elroy Schwartz | January 27, 1966 |
| 56 | 20 | "Love Me, Love My Skipper" | Tony Leader | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | February 3, 1966 |
| 57 | 21 | "Gilligan's Living Doll" | Leslie Goodwins | Bob Stevens | February 10, 1966 |
| 58 | 22 | "Forward March" | Jerry Hopper | Jack Raymond | February 17, 1966 |
| 59 | 23 | "Ship Ahoax" | Leslie Goodwins | Charles Tannen & George O'Hanlon | February 24, 1966 |
| 60 | 24 | "Feed the Kitty" | Leslie Goodwins | J.E. Selby & Richard Sanville | March 3, 1966 |
| 61 | 25 | "Operation: Steam Heat" | Stanley Z. Cherry | Terence & Joan Maples | March 10, 1966 |
| 62 | 26 | "Will the Real Mr. Howell Please Stand Up?" | Jack Arnold | Budd Grossman | March 17, 1966 |
| 63 | 27 | "Ghost a Go-Go" | Leslie Goodwins | Roland MacLane | March 24, 1966 |
| 64 | 28 | "Allergy Time" | Jack Arnold | Budd Grossman | March 31, 1966 |
| 65 | 29 | "The Friendly Physician" | Jack Arnold | Elroy Schwartz | April 7, 1966 |
| 66 | 30 | "'V' for Vitamins" | Jack Arnold | Barney Slater | April 14, 1966 |
| 67 | 31 | "Mr. and Mrs. ???" | Gary Nelson | Jack Gross, Jr. & Michael R. Stein | April 21, 1966 |
| 68 | 32 | "Meet the Meteor" | Jack Arnold | Elroy Schwartz | April 28, 1966 |
Season 3 (1966-67)
Main article: Gilligan's Island (season 3)
The third season aired Mondays at 7:30-8:00 pm (EST).
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by[6] | Written by[6] | Original air date[7] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 1 | "Up at Bat" | Jerry Hopper | Ron Friedman | September 12, 1966 |
| 70 | 2 | "Gilligan vs. Gilligan" | Jerry Hopper | Joanna Lee | September 19, 1966 |
| 71 | 3 | "Pass the Vegetables, Please" | Leslie Goodwins | Elroy Schwartz | September 26, 1966 |
| 72 | 4 | "The Producer" | Ida Lupino | Gerald Gardner & Dee Caruso | October 3, 1966 |
| 73 | 5 | "Voodoo" | George Cahan | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | October 10, 1966 |
| 74 | 6 | "Where There's a Will" | Charles Norton | Sid Mandel & Roy Kammerman | October 17, 1966 |
| 75 | 7 | "Man with a Net" | Leslie Goodwins | Budd Grossman | October 24, 1966 |
| 76 | 8 | "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" | Tony Leader | Brad Radnitz | October 31, 1966 |
| 77 | 9 | "Ring Around Gilligan" | George Cahan | John Fenton Murray | November 7, 1966 |
| 78 | 10 | "Topsy-Turvy" | Gary Nelson | Elroy Schwartz | November 14, 1966 |
| 79 | 11 | "The Invasion" | Leslie Goodwins | Sam Locke & Joel Rapp | November 21, 1966 |
| 80 | 12 | "The Kidnapper" | Jerry Hopper | Ray Singer | November 28, 1966 |
| 81 | 13 | "And Then There Were None" | Jerry Hopper | Ron Friedman | December 5, 1966 |
| 82 | 14 | "All About Eva" | Jerry Hopper | Joanna Lee | December 12, 1966 |
| 83 | 15 | "Gilligan Goes Gung-Ho" | Robert Scheerer | Bruce Howard | December 26, 1966 |
| 84 | 16 | "Take a Dare" | Stanley Z. Cherry | Roland MacLane | January 2, 1967 |
| 85 | 17 | "Court-Martial" | Gary Nelson | Roland MacLane | January 9, 1967 |
| 86 | 18 | "The Hunter" | Leslie Goodwins | Ben Gershman & William Freedman | January 16, 1967 |
| 87 | 19 | "Lovey's Secret Admirer" | David Orrick McDearmon | Herbert Finn & Alan Dinehart | January 23, 1967 |
| 88 | 20 | "Our Vines Have Tender Apes" | David Orrick McDearmon | Sid Mandel & Roy Kammerman | January 30, 1967 |
| 89 | 21 | "Gilligan's Personal Magnetism" | Hal Cooper | Bruce Howard | February 6, 1967 |
| 90 | 22 | "Splashdown" | Jerry Hopper | John Fenton Murray | February 20, 1967 |
| 91 | 23 | "High Man on the Totem Pole" | Herbert Coleman | Brad Radnitz | February 27, 1967 |
| 92 | 24 | "The Second Ginger Grant" | Steve Binder | Ron Friedman | March 6, 1967 |
| 93 | 25 | "The Secret of Gilligan's Island" | Gary Nelson | Teleplay by: Bruce Howard Story by: Bruce Howard & Arne Sultan | March 13, 1967 |
| 94 | 26 | "Slave Girl" | Wilbur D'Arcy | Michael Fessier | March 20, 1967 |
| 95 | 27 | "It's a Bird, It's a Plane" | Gary Nelson | Sam Locke & Joel Rapp | March 27, 1967 |
| 96 | 28 | "The Pigeon" | Michael Kane | Teleplay by: Brad Radnitz Story by: Jack Raymond & Joel Hammil | April 3, 1967 |
| 97 | 29 | "Bang! Bang! Bang!" | Charles Norton | Leonard Goldstein | April 10, 1967 |
| 98 | 30 | "Gilligan, the Goddess" | Gary Nelson | Jack Paritz & Bob Rodgers | April 17, 1967 |
Follow-up films
There were 3 sequel films.The first (1978) had them rescued and proved so successful that it spawned a second (1979) and third (1981). By the third film, the charm was lost, ratings were down and no more were made.
In 2001 Dawn Wells co-produced a television film bio-pic, where she, Bob Denver, and Russell Johnson appear as themselves as hosts and remember what life was like during the series. In the memory scenes, they and the rest of the cast and crew are played by actors, while Dawn narrates.
| Title | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|
| Rescue from Gilligan's Island | October 14 & 21, 1978 | |
|
The castaways turn the huts into rafts and are finally rescued, to great fanfare. On the first anniversary of their rescue they all meet in Hawaii for a reunion, and decide to take a short cruise. The weather starts to get rough, and they get stranded on the same island again. | ||
| The Castaways on Gilligan's Island | March 3, 1979 | |
|
The castaways are once again rescued from the island, but this time they return voluntarily to build a resort on the island. | ||
| The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | May 15, 1981 | |
|
The Harlem Globetrotters crashland on the island. When a millionaire tries to take over the resort, the rivalry is settled by a game between the Globetrotters and the rival's robot team. | ||
| Surviving Gilligan's Island | October 14, 2001 | |
| A behind-the-scenes look at life as member of the Gilligan's Island cast. Dawn Wells, who was the co-executive producer; Bob Denver, and Russell Johnson reminisce about the trials and tribulations associated with making the show. These memories come to life as the cast and crew are portrayed by actors. | ||
Home media
This series has been released on DVD by Warner Home Video, in three season box sets (the first of which includes the pilot episode) and in a complete series set. There has also been a single-disc release containing only the first two episodes.[8]
| DVD set | Episodes | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| Gilligan's Island: The Complete 1st Season | 37 | February 3, 2004 |
| Gilligan's Island: TV Premiere DVD | 2 | June 8, 2004 |
| Gilligan's Island: The Complete 2nd Season | 32 | January 11, 2005 |
| Gilligan's Island: The Complete 3rd Season | 30 | July 26, 2005 |
| Gilligan's Island: The Complete Series Collection | 98 | November 6, 2007 |
References
- ↑ Sylvia Stoddard "TV Treasures – A Companion Guide to Gilligan's Island"; May 1996 ISBN 0-312-95797-1 pg. 10
- 1 2 Schwartz (1988), pp. 278–291.
- ↑ Gilligan's Island: The Complete Second Season (booklet). Rich, John, et al. Warner Home Video.
- 1 2 Schwartz (1988), pp. 291–299.
- ↑ Gilligan's Island: The Complete Second Season (booklet). Arnold, Jack, et al. Warner Home Video.
- 1 2 Schwartz (1988), pp. 299–313
- ↑ Gilligan's Island: The Complete Third Season (booklet). Hopper, Jerry, et al. Warner Home Video.
- ↑ Gilligan's Island at TVShowsOnDVD.com
Further reading
- Schwartz, Sherwood (1988). Inside Gilligan's Island. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0312104825.
External links
| ||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.